I Tried to Recreate my Photos With AI. It Didn't Go Well.

The question felt like words pulled out of a sci-fi novel, but there it was: Could a computer replace me? As a photographer, I've watched the list of lawsuits piling up between creators and generative artificial intelligence companies with the same siren call that a bird feeder seems to generate after seven days of quarantine. But as the courts ask the ethical questions on AI's training data, I wondered, is generative AI good enough to replace a real photograph? This is how I found myself starin...